The Greek Mythology

Rustic Deities

Aetna (Αἴτνη), goddess of the volcanic Mount Etna in Sicily

Amphictyonis (Αμφικτυονίς), goddess of wine and friendship between nations, a local form of Demeter

Anthousai (Ανθούσαι), flower nymphs

Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος), god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olive-growing, and hunting

Attis (Άττις), vegetation god and consort of Cybele

Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις), Cretan goddess of hunting and nets used for fishing, fowling and the hunting of small game

Cabeiri (Κάβειροι), gods or spirits who presided over the Mysteries of the islands of Lemnos and Samothrace

Aitnaios (Αιτναιος)

Alkon (Αλκων)

Eurymedon (Ευρυμεδών)

Onnes (Όννης)

Tonnes (Τόννης)

Centaurs (Κένταυροι), a race of half-man, half-horse beings

Asbolus (Άσβολος)

Chariclo (Χαρικλώ), wife of the centaur Chiron

Chiron (Χείρων), the eldest and wisest of the Centaurs

Eurytion (Ευρυτιων)

Nessus (Νέσσος), a ferryman at the river Euenus

Pholus (Φώλος)

The Cercopes (Κέρκοπες), a pair of monkey-like thieves who plagued the land of Lydia in western

Anatolia Akmon (Ακμών)

Passalos (Πάσσαλος)

Chloris (Χλωρίς), goddess of flowers and wife of Zephyrus

Comus (Κόμος), god of revelry, merrymaking, and festivity

Corymbus (Κόρυμβος), god of the fruit of the ivy

The Curetes (Κουρέτες), guardians of infant Zeus on Mount Ida, barely distinguished from the Dactyls and the Corybantes

Cybele (Κυβέλη), a Phrygian mountain goddess associated with Rhea

The Dactyls (Δάκτυλοι) "fingers", minor deities originally representing fingers of a hand

Acmon (Ακμών)

Damnameneus (Δαμναμενεύς)

Delas (Δήλας)

Epimedes (Επιμήδης) Heracles (not to be confused with the hero Heracles)

Iasios (Ιάσιος)

Kelmis (Κελμις)

Skythes (Σκύθης) companions of Cybele

Titias (Τιτίας)

Cyllenus (Κύλληνος)

Dionysus (Διόνυσος), god of wine, drunken orgies, and wild vegetation

Dryades (Δρυάδες), tree and forest nymphs

Gaia (Γαία), primeval goddess of the earth

Epimeliades (Επιμελίδες), nymphs of highland pastures and protectors of sheep flocks

Hamadryades (Αμαδρυάδες), oak tree dryades

Hecaterus (Ηεκατερος), minor god of the hekateris — a rustic dance of quickly moving hands — and perhaps of the skill of hands in general